Everyday Food - Season One

EVERYDAY BAKING from EVERYDAY FOOD Season One Episode Descriptions (rundown subject to change)

#101: Favorite Fruit Desserts

Baking fruit desserts is easy, and deliciously rewarding. On today’s show, we’re cooking a whole farm stand worth of fruit in some great desserts. John begins with a Rustic Plum Tart with special guest Martha Stewart. Additional fruit desserts include Peach Cobbler, Mixed Berry Turnovers and Apple Brown Betty.

#102: Easy as Pie

Making a pie from scratch can be one of the most rewarding experiences in the kitchen. We have classic American pies that you will enjoy baking. We start by teaching you how easy it is to make our Favorite Pie Crust, and use it for our Apple Pie, Fruit Pie with Crumb Topping and Mississippi Mud Pie. And watch how simple it is to prepare a graham cracker press-in crust for our Sweet Potato Pie.

#103: The Best Cupcakes

Cupcakes come in all kinds of different flavors and colors, and they’re often topped with frosting, icings or glazes. On today’s show, John bakes some of our favorite cupcakes: Cream-Filled Chocolate Cupcakes, Glazed Lemon Cakes, Carrot Cupcakes and Cupcakes Three Ways with Buttercream Three Ways.

#104: Elegant Cookies

Cookies come in all different shapes, sizes and flavors. The cookies in today’s show are unique, sophisticated, delicious and the best part of all, very easy to make. They’re sure to bring elegance to the dessert table. John prepares Lemon Sandwich Cookies, Chocolate-Espresso Snowcaps, Pecan Lace Cookies and Cherry Pecan Meringues. #105: Chocolate

Today’s show is a celebration of chocolate. John bakes a batch of fun and delicious Mint Chocolate Brownies, an easy and elegant Chocolate Ganache Tart, Black Forest Cookies that are studded with dried cherries and beautiful Silky Chocolate Cake.

#106: Simple Cakes

At Everyday Food, we love the challenge of creating cakes that are simple, delicious and beautiful. Today’s recipes promise to impress and each one takes less than 30 minutes to prepare before they bake in the oven. John makes Pumpkin Spice Cake with Honey Frosting, Flourless Chocolate Cake, Orange Cornmeal Cake and Peach Buckle.

#107: Easy Elegant Tarts

Tarts are often considered fancy and intricate. They’re similar to pie but the crust is often sweeter, and there is less filling. At Everyday Food, our tart recipes are very easy to prepare, and they look and taste just as sophisticated as the ones from a pastry shop or restaurant. On today’s show, John bakes Blueberry Tart, Rustic Nectarine Tart, Pear Tart and Key Lime Tart.

#108: Classic Cookies

Cookies are perhaps the easiest and fastest baked sweets you can make. On today’s show, John makes four classic cookie recipes. Our Kitchen Sink Cookies are packed with chocolate chunks, raisins and pecans. Peanut Butter Surprise Cookies are soft and chewy, and each one is topped with a chocolate peanut butter cup. We bake two kinds of Icebox Shortbread cookies: one is flavored with orange zest and cranberries, and another contains dried apricots and pistachios. And the cookie jar wouldn’t be complete without Oatmeal Date Cookies.

#109: The Best Cakes

There’s something magical about cakes. Whether it’s a simple sheet cake or a triple- layer showstopper, cakes bring a smile. At Everyday Food, we developed a variety of easy recipes for single, double and triple layer cakes. On today’s show John makes Coconut Layer Cake, Boston Cream Pie, Spiced Carrot Cake and a Triple Layer Apple Cake.

#110: Desserts That Wow

Fancy pastries and cakes are often associated with four-star restaurants and upscale bakeries. At Everyday Food, we deconstructed some of your favorite desserts and created recipes using easy-to-find ingredients and simple baking techniques. In this episode, John prepares Cream Puffs with Ice Cream and Hot Fudge Sauce, Caramel Bread Pudding, Raspberry Napoleons and Plum Upside-Down Cake.

#111: Baked for Brunch

Presenting a tempting display of breakfast cakes and biscuits is a wonderful way to entertain, and we are showing you how you can make some bakery treats right at home. Today, John bakes Blueberry-Lemon Bundt Cake, Mini Cherry-Pecan Streusel Loaves, Applesauce Cake and Biscuits served with an easy Strawberry Butter.

#112: Bars and Squares

When you’re baking for a party, making bars or squares that guests can hold in their hands is a great idea. On today’s show John whips up four of our favorite recipes for bars and squares: Blondies, Chocolate Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars, Lime Squares with Pistachio-Graham Cracker Crust and Pecan Bars.

#113: Morning Muffins

At Everyday Food we make muffins easy so that you and your family can enjoy them any day of the week. Today, John shares four of our favorite muffins that are moist and flavorful, and quick and simple to bake: Double Blueberry Muffins, Coffee Cake Muffins, Pear & Granola Muffins and Raisin Bran Muffins.